American Airlines Visa Policy

I ordered a visa from them Thursday for my January trip. It arrived today. I wanted to get it purchased to beat any possible new restrictions. I bought my airfare too. My only worry is that decreased demand caused by new restrictions could cause flights MIA to SNU to be cancelled. If a new flight needed booking, it might require new OFAC clearance.

Just getting the visa doesn't give you "OFAC clearance". You don't get OFAC clearance. If a general license applies, it applies when you travel. If the rules of OFAC licenses are changed, then you need to look at the new rules.

I would think that the majority of travellers on that route are Cuban Americans. They are likely to continue.

Thanks! Within reason, I'm willing to add to my activities to stay legal if necessary. If rules are tightened, I wouldn't mind mentoring a few people in programming languages. In fact, I may even do that in Miami when I retire. It's such a waste seeing people who completed medical school work a minimum wage job. Anyone that smart can learn Information Technology, but no government license is required to do surgery on software instead of people.

I ordered a visa from them Thursday for my January trip. It arrived today. I wanted to get it purchased to beat any possible new restrictions. I bought my airfare too.

My only worry is that decreased demand caused by new restrictions could cause flights MIA to SNU to be cancelled. If a new flight needed booking, it might require new OFAC clearance.

So you have a pink Cuban government issued visa/tourist card allowing entry to Cuba, departing from a US port/airport. Notice it is not date stamped. Also, it does not guarantee your travel, just your entry.
How does that "beat any possible new restrictions" set by the US president?
The US government is not concerned about your visa to another country, or whether you ever use it or not.
If direct US/Cuba flights are shut off by a certain date, having a pink tourist card in hand isn't going to mean anything.

Within reason, I'm willing to add to my activities to stay legal if necessary. If rules are tightened, I wouldn't mind mentoring a few people in programming languages.

That's very simplistic thinking. "If rules are tightened", it is likely be a lot more difficult than currently to prove with a detailed application why you should be allowed to travel. Perhaps you should do more research about exactly what documentation satisfied an application for a specific license before the rules were loosened.

Does the AA tourist card cost more than the $50 Jet Blue variety? Just curious. In December I used a 23 pound sterling green card bought thru the mails from a UK organization. Jet Blue accepted it. I'll try it again this Fall.
Noytsau: You back in Cuba again? You were supposed to have relegated that terrible country into your trash bin of forsaken lands.
Trap

Nah, Trippin, leaving it to you and your elite troop of desperate ho-hos.

And yeah, CTS sells the tc for what they want to.
What you do, most wouldn't want to emulate.

re 11 - under which OFAC category do you think "mentoring a few people in programming languages" falls ?

re 12 - reports indicate that CTS sells the tourist cards at $85 + delivery or $100 at the airport.

And this is a new Neuzao who has only been a member since 7 June.

You mean 10.

U$85 including delivery

Indeed - 10, not 11 - sorry.

FedEx Express Saver (5-7 business days)
Cost: $25.00

https://cubavisaservices.com/

Beard: I just bought the tourist document from the site you list for 23 pounds. Ended up costing $30 US. Certainly not $85 nor $100.
Noytsau: Did you show your head shrinker a copy of those polemics we engaged in way back when?
Trap

re 11 - under which OFAC category do you think "mentoring a few people in programming languages" falls ?

re 12 - reports indicate that CTS sells the tourist cards at $85 + delivery or $100 at the airport.

And this is a new Neuzao who has only been a member since 7 June.

Under the principle that Prior Planning Prevents Pi ss Poor Performance, I'm just trying to be getting off a plane landed in Santa Clara in January with as few problems as possible. What do you suggest in this manner without wasting a pile of cash?